Month: April 2013

Reed plants or vegetation that has the Latin name is a kind of grass Imperata cylindrical sharp leaves. This plant is often a weed in agricultural land. Although disrupt agricultural crops, but it seems this plant should not necessarily be underestimated especially by removing or destroying granted.

According to some studies reeds contain chemical elements that are useful for health such as mannitol, glucose, sakharosa, malic acid, citric acid, coixol, anindom and many others. Traditionally used to help tackle high blood pressure, headache, hepatitis, blood booster, neuropathy, laxative urine, blood urine, gonorrhea, and kidney disease.

Research on grass

Jaya Anthony Satrya of the Faculty of Pharmacy Airlangga University conducted a study to determine the effects of antipyretic (fever reliever) infusion reed stems on white mice. The results showed that the infusion of stem reeds concentration of 5%, 10%, and 20% had an antipyretic effect. Infusion rod reed strongest concentration of 20% effect.
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If we hear of breast cancer, then we would immediately think that the disease is a disease that is familiar with women. And in fact, the men also are at risk for developing a dangerous cancer.

In fact it is said that men who develop breast cancer have a smaller chance of a cure or, when compared with women. It is caused by ignorance of the men that they could be affected by cancer. Based on such ignorance, men are also not able to detect early signs of esophageal cancer.

Opinions come from a group of researchers from the United States. They say that women who develop breast cancer are able to live two years longer than men. The study also found that breast tumors that strike men more “advanced” than the female breast, making it easier to spread to different parts of the body.

Dr. Jon Greif, a breast cancer surgeon in Oakland, California, United States of America, and head of research, says that a lot of men who do not understand that they can get breast cancer. In addition, many of the doctors failed to detect the symptoms of cancer in man. In fact, the symptoms can be detected “warning light” when found in a woman. Continue reading “Breast Cancer Dangerous to Men”

Use of the drug can now be spelled as two-edged sword. On the one hand, can provide relief, but on the other hand can cause excessive pain or even death. Problem drug use is good and true is still a complex phenomenon. So many false myths that developed in the community about the use of medications that can actually worsen a person’s health status.

Quoted from Reuters Health, Prof. DR. dr. Rianto Setiabudy, SpFK., A Professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia describes the erroneous myths.

Increasing doses of the drug to cause disease recover faster
A patient should not increase the dose of the drug without the doctor’s knowledge is concerned. This action may create new health problems.

The use of more drugs, more potent
It is not the proper way to use different types of drugs to tackle the disease on the grounds that a speedy recovery. The use of drugs with varying types will be useless because the drug is likely to contain the same. If you can, more use of the drug alone.
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Acupuncture and hypnosis has been promoted as a drug-free way to help smokers leave the habit, and there is evidence both ways successfully, the research studies on 14 international study released by Reuters.

But the researchers, whose findings are published in the American Journal of Medicine, said there are still many questions, including how effective alternative therapies and how they compare with the conventional methods to quit smoking.

Nevertheless, alternative methods could still be an option for smokers who want to stop their habit.

According to the researchers, led by Mehdi Tahiri from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in general, smokers who want to quit should first try a standard approach that includes nicotine replacement therapy, medication and behavioral counseling, Tahiri said.

“But some people are not interested in treatment,” Tahiri said, as quoted from Reuters Oktomagazine. He added that in many cases, standard therapy failed. “Then I think we should strongly suggest acupuncture and hypnosis as an option.”
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When you’re feeling sick and tired with your daily activities while commuting to work, especially if you’re stuck a jam, then there is a bad for you.

According to a study released in the “American Journal of Preventive Medicine” and performed in the United States, the routine and the long journey from home to work can make you experience a disruption in the body’s metabolism and also the system. Some of these disorders are high blood pressure, waist circumference is growing, and also some disorders that may increase the risk of chronic diseases.

“The long journey that routine can really affect the body, so it will interfere with a person’s health,” said lead researcher Christine Hoehner, assistant professor of public health sciences at Washington University, as quoted Oktomagazine of Time.

The study was conducted by running a study in three Texas cities that can only be reached by car. The three cities are Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin. The team conducted research to gather data about the distance that has been taken by 4300 people living in the three cities. They also collect information related to their everyday circumstances, such as frequent exercise and cholesterol levels.
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Are you looking for a physical activity that is easy, simple, and does not require fancy equipment, and will help you get the ideal body shape? Well, try walking for weight loss.

Why walk will lose weight?
The walk is the foundation of all aerobic exercises. Therefore, the walk will provide you with all the benefits of aerobic exercise as a healthy heart, improve overall fitness and energy levels, increases blood circulation and stamina. It helps in increasing the percentage of body mass (bones and muscles) and lower percentage of body fat.

In addition to being low injury impact exercise, walking can also be practiced by anyone, no matter what your age or fitness level. This provides less pressure on your joints than running or cycling. In addition. You do not need to go to the gym, gymnastics club to do so. You can walk in any park nearby or even inside your home.
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You live in a big city? The main problem faced is definitely jam that takes time and thought. Some people deal with getting up in the morning so as not to be late arriving at the office. Because traffic jams are incredible as well, you get home it’s late. Time was it like to be shorter. The quality and quantity of sleep had come down drastically.

With the above conditions, it was rare that anyone can get up in the morning without an alarm either alarm or alarm phone alarm clock. Alarm is a necessity. Because if not, we will most likely wake up late. When it should be if it did not need to sleep any longer, someone will wake up on its own even without the alarm. This habit could actually be bad for health, which makes a person fat fast due to social jet lag.

The term ‘social jet lag’ refers to the disruption of biological clock, as experienced in the real jet lag after flying across different time zones. The difference, jet lag induced by different social rhythm weekday to weekend free from alarm sounds.
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